A TRANSLATIONAL INVARIANT BAG MODEL AND THE PROTON LIFETIME
- Received Date: 1981-06-20
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 1982-12-05
Abstract: The effect of hadron structure on the rate of proton decay caused by baryon-num-ber violatng interantion in the SU(5) grand unified theories is considered. The protonlifetime is calculated using an improved translational invariant bag model. We dealwith recoil effect in the decay process properly and thus overcome some problems exis-ting in the popular bag model calculations, for example, "overestimating the wave func-tion overlaps" and adding "a form factor to describe the high momentum suppres-sion". Our result is consistent with recent experiments and can undergo further ex-perimental test. We obtain τp=1.39×1031 yr, for Mx=4.2×1014GeV.